Authors:

  • James E. Alt

Excerpt

Inequality and Corruption: Evidence from US States, James E. Alt, August 25, 2008, Paper. "High-quality data on state-level inequality and incomes, panel data on corruption convictions, and careful attention to the consequences of including or excluding fixed effects in the panel specification allow us to estimate the impact of income considerations on the decision to undertake corrupt acts. Following efficiency wage arguments, for a given institutional environment the corruptible employee’s or official’s decision to engage in corruption is affected by relative wages and expected tenure in the public sector..." Link